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Easy Auth | Function App with Azure API Management

Overview The recent work that I have been doing with Function Apps and linking them as backends to Azure API Management has relied on the use of the Function Apps Function SAS key for security. This is a valid authentication approach, but there are risks that you need to be aware of as well as best practices that you need to be abiding by. Such as: Some Potential Risks:

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Thursday, November 14, 2024

Azure API Management | Function App Backend

Overview Following on from a previous set of posts from earlier this year where I detailed how to securely implement Logic App Standard backends in Azure API Management, there has been questions on how this would be achieved in a similar manner with Azure Function Apps. To read-up on how this was achieved with Standard Logic Apps have a look at the following: Azure API Management | Logic App (Standard) Backend Azure API Management | Logic App (Standard) Backend Using a Swagger Definition Easy Auth | Standard Logic App with Azure API Management At a high level comparison with Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions are a developer-centric serverless compute offering allowing authors to write code in languages such as C#, Java, Javascript, Python, and PowerShell.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Tuesday, October 1, 2024

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Andrew Wilson
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Has a passion for creating software [especially solution integrations] that help others execute their jobs faster and more efficiently.

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